Alright here's a proper review of Star Smash. First I want to let yall know that Im at rank 150 with all farmable cards max grade (except Lady Tremaine I have her at grade 74). We will discuss the meat of the game and why is Star Smash so addicting!
Graphics: ★★★★★
- Character animations, style,manga and those Disney animefied art is gorgeous. Those monsters you fought kinda reminds you of the Heartless, Unversed and Nobodies that you face on Kingdom Hearts. The Disney stages are well built and very recognizable like Cinderella's Carriage, Under the Sea theme from Little Mermaid, Candy Racing Track from Wreck it Ralph, etc.
Music: ★★★★★
- That eargasmic techno trance beat that slowly gets upbeat when you reach the boss wave will fill you with adrenaline.They did a great job on remixing tracks like Under the Sea, Moana Theme, A Whole New World, etc.
Gameplay: ★★★★★
- Its like tennis no more like a pinball tennis like thing? I say both! This is what makes Star Smash so addicting the gameplay is simple as hammering the ball towards the enemy and bounces randomly making that crisp sound of dealing damage to a monster! Its so fucking simple that sometimes we forget that there is Ball Control in the game we just smash it and enjoy the time it bounces producing a very satisfying moment in our lives. Disney Cards have different skills and abilities that you can utilize in the game but forget it let the ball bounce until it ends bc its so effing satisfyin JK:)). Monsters and Bosses have their own elemental weaknesses its explained by an elemental chart.
Here are some examples of skills and abilities.
King: field ability - Explode, skill - Like a space dimensional slashing wave thingy
Ariel: field ability - scatter teeny weeny balls, skill - You splash water to enemies.
Ursula: field ability - same as Donald lightning that randomly strikes any enemies, skill - point and touch rocket system like Mr. Incredible's skill.
Red Braves support buttons.
Return Shot: getting the ball back from anywhere in the field and serving it again.
Ult Button: perform an ultimate attack by tapping the gauge at the right spot to maximize damage.
Storyline: ★★★★
- The Manga addition is great, honestlt I dont care much about the story lmao.
Final Verdict: ★★★★.5 LMAO
Energy or Stamina system isnt a problem in this game as you can grind for hours and hours to max grade a card though the 150% max grade bonus Elitist ruins the fun because most of the rooms wants to start with 900% chest bonus.
I kinda like this gameplay, it's like futuristic tennis or slingshot control like it's XFLAG predecessor game, Monster Strike.
UI/UX color pallette it's simple yet colorfull, makes navigation straightforward even if you didn't know Japanese. Also the storyline it's very simple yet innovative I think, it's told through manga without animation like other typically mobile gacha games, it's simple and straightforward.
Their main team character also kinda like otome game I think, cuz it's more male characters than female. FYI, main characters designed by Oh! Great (Ito Ōgure), who is most known for Air Gear and also worked on character costumes in the Tekken series which is cool.
XFLAG has also prepared a Star Smash commercial movie featuring the theme song “Stardom” by Mrs. Green Apple that will start airing on Japanese television on November 17, 2020.
Overall, I'll recommend this game if you like Monster Strike, Disney fans, or wanna try mobile game that kinda feels like Kingdom Hearts but develop with XFLAG companies.
To be honest, this game is absolutely amazing!
It just, I wish Disney is able to translate these for the people who doesn't know Japanese but I did my best to understand the storyline and such. The graphics, the animation, the characters? Absolutely marvellous! I wish I can give a proper review but this game is just a yes for me.
This game is really fun! Easy to learn gameplay, amazing music and art, and the gacha is accessible - I've done several 10-pulls in the last few weeks and gotten many SSR's without spending any money. I would recommend this game!
It is a shame that Disney won't translate this for everyone else. Because this is surprisingly fun for what is essentially a tennis game with Disney characters. The story is probably great.... I just can't read it.
The art in thr story looks great, but since I can't read it, I have to guess based on the art being showed to me. Fun all round tho. Glad the disney elements are this super centered focus thing like in stuff like KH.
Weird, gameplay is nice, but game need high spec to play, majority of my friends' device are not compatible, and my blackshark 3 almost can't play, I have to close some MIUI setting for playing this game, at all, it's just weird, but fun at the same time.
The game is fine, just REALLY REALLY ANNOYING, you need to watch the scene when changing at EVERY SINGLE TIME, so frustrate since you can't change the characters and when you feel the characters is so ugly (to me).
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